Is the Mortal Kombat game available in Australia?

The highly anticipated video game Mortal Kombat, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) in Australia, has been refused classification by the Australian Classification Board and will not release in Australia.

Why was Mortal Kombat refused classification in Australia?

National brand & marketing manager, Debra McGrath, told GameSpot AU that “The news that Mortal Kombat has been refused classification in Australia is extremely disappointing and further demonstrates our need for an R18+ classification.

What was Mortal Kombat like as a child?

As a child of the 90s, Mortal Kombat evokes many memories. Chiefly, a battery-powered handheld version of the game acquired through countless cereal box tokens, and staring at a VHS copy of the original film held by the local Blockbuster, never able to actually rent the thing due to its M rating.

When was the first Mortal Kombat game made?

Introduced in 1992 as an arcade game and competitor to the then-ascendant Street Fighter series, the Mortal Kombat franchise soon made its way to living rooms around the nation to excite its adolescent boys and violence-hating Helen Lovejoys in equal measure.

“The highly anticipated video game Mortal Kombat, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE) in Australia, has been refused classification by the Australian Classification Board and will not release in Australia.

Who is the company that makes Mortal Kombat?

Mortal Kombat is a fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game is the ninth main installment in the Mortal Kombat series and is a reboot of the franchise.

How many copies of Mortal Kombat 11 have been sold?

What you need to know 1 Mortal Kombat 11 first released in April 2019. 2 Since then, the game has seen numerous expansions and DLC packs added. 3 Ed Boon, Creative Director at NetherRealm Studios, confirmed that Mortal Kombat 11 has sold over 8 million copies. 4 Boon also teased some new things are coming to the game.

Are there any countries where Mortal Kombat is banned?

Various Mortal Kombat games have been censored or banned in several countries, and the franchise was the subject of several court cases. In Germany, every Mortal Kombat game was banned for ten years from its release until 2015. Mortal Kombat (2011) is also banned in Brazil and South Korea, and has been banned in Australia until February 2013.